The Tomb of Horrors 4e is out, in at least some locations, and should be more or less everywhere next week. This mega-adventure can be played without any knowledge of the prior adventures, but for those who are familiar with them, it serves as something of a sequel to both the 1st edition original Tomb and 2nd edition’s Return to the Tomb of Horrors. It’s heavily inspired by both, involves some familiar locations, and is absolutely full of new encounters–some combat, yes, but also traps, challenges, and puzzles in the vein of Acererak’s old tricks. If you’re a 4E player, pick it up; I really don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

I’m afraid that I will not be attending GenCon this year–for the first time since before it moved to Indy. I’m sorry I’ll be missing everyone. I still might be doing DragonCon; dunno yet. More on that soon.

And I think that’s about it right now, news-wise. Again, I’m hoping to have more shortly, but, well, not yet.

Congratulations to Stella Evans and David Earle! Stella will be receiving a signed copy of The Warlord’s Legacy (as soon as it’s released), while David will be receiving that and signed copies of The Goblin Corps and Agents of Artifice.

My sincerest thanks to everyone who participated. And don’t despair if you didn’t win. I’m sure I’ll be doing more contests in the not-too-distant future.

Other than that, not much news to report, other than that I’ve finished the first draft on my current novel–details of which will also be forthcoming–and a reminder that you now have less than a week left to enter the Best of the Worst contest. If you’ve been delaying–don’t!

If you’ve been interested in the book but haven’t wanted it in hardcover or e-format, you can now go ahead and order it in standard paperback size. It won’t be released in that format for quite some time yet–December, I believe–but several of the major booksellers already have it listed.

You might notice there’s a new tab up above. I’ll be making this site the new central repository for most of my blogging. However, it’ll still be cross-posting to LiveJournal and Facebook (and I’ll still be making a few posts there that I don’t feel are appropriate to this site). So don’t worry; if you follow me on those sites, I’ll still be there.

Got yet another interview up. This one is quite possibly the most in-depth Q&A I’ve done thus far; if you’ve any interest at all in (among other things) my thoughts on writing and coming up with novels, my inspirations, writers I like, or my future works, you may well want to give it a read.

Don’t forget to check out the rules of my current contest while you’re at it.

Spectra Pulse, the e-newsletter for Random House’s Spectra imprint, is including me as a featured author this month. What does that mean for you? It means that, in addition to reading some of my editor’s comments on The Conqueror’s Shadow, you can also download a free PDF of my short story, “The Ogre’s Pride.” This story is a tie-in to The Conqueror’s Shadow, but you don’t need to have read one to enjoy the other.